Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Cap Mandrake]

Not sure why the Bihar State Road Transport Corporation would need an Ordnance Officer. [:)]


Royal Tank Corps?

[sprior]

This is better, go here:

http://www.unithistories.com/officers/I ... s_P01.html

[sprior]

The rank of Conductor is that of senior NCO in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Looks like he got a commission when things were going pear shaped out there.

His son (my dad) went onto achieve the same rank but was never commissioned.

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Sorry to hear that, Disco. Maybe they were Jack Mormons? [;)]

Now, those Cargo Cultists....I would keep my eye on them. I hired a Cargo Cult flooring contractor. I still can't find half the pots and pans and all the Spam is gone.

Ok, I had to look up Jack Mormon (and Jack Mason).

No, the ones I deal with are full fledged Mormons.

It is interesting how the word Jack turns into sympathizer.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

This prace gordmine of food information.

Anyone have good recipe for fish head soup?

1. Collect fish heads
2. Put in pan/helmet/empty skull with water as warm as you can get it
3. Enjoy.

"Empty" skull? Where do you expect to get that nice iodine-like accent on your fish head soup without the brains? Noob. [:-]

[sprior]

How you going to get fishheads in if it's full of brains? Duh.

[Chickenboy]

Ah! So! Make ah sure it from Arried fan boy! Skull only harf furr then! Hai! Domo! [&o]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
They work hard and you can trust them. I kind of agree with Howard Hughes.

Of course, HH (according to his biographer) was done in by his Mormon aides and doctors flying back to Houston, which was overlooked by the police*, with them confusing milligrams/ml with micrograms/ml on a toxicology blood sample... hey, 1000x therapeutic level is OK, right? [;)]

*of course, maybe it was a transcription error by a tech and the police actually did check on it...

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Ah! So! Make ah sure it from Japan-mens fan boy! Skull only harf furr then! Hai! Domo! [&o]

Corrected that for you.

[BrucePowers]

Hi Bob! Merry Christmas

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
They work hard and you can trust them. I kind of agree with Howard Hughes.

Of course, HH (according to his biographer) was done in by his Mormon aides and doctors flying back to Houston, which was overlooked by the police*, with them confusing milligrams/ml with micrograms/ml on a toxicology blood sample... hey, 1000x therapeutic level is OK, right? [;)]

Well, maybe the magic underwear cuts off blood supply to the metric conversion center?

[Cap Mandrake]

--32nd ID and 1st Marine have nearly reached Batan Is, so the galloping horde will push off toward Miyako and try to rendezvous at sea instead of ******* around at Batan Is. It won't work, of course...something always goes wrong...usually somebody stops to watch bioluminescent squid or there is some problem with union work rules, something like that.

--There are WJD subs arr ovah prace. We have 6 or 7 ASW groups plying the waters around Batan Is and Miyako and a couple of squadrons of medium bombers on ASW duty.

--Yorktown will arrive a hex or two behind the transports and pick up some CLAA's and DD's.

--Naha is now down to ZERO runway damage. WJD bulldozer guys are on Adderall for sure. All the heavies at Aparri and Batan Is. and the mediums at Miyako are ordered to attack.

--There seems to be a transport convoy still at Amami Oshima. The 3 DD's at Miyako are ordered to attack with LRCAP cover from the F6F's

--Some staff idiot let the supply dwindle at Miyako so we don't have ze drop tanks. LCT's unloading now.

--I ran out of chocolate covered almonds so I am switiching to the mint chocolates. Mint is supposed to be good for you too. I figure every 3 mints is euqivalent to one vegetable serving.

[Cap Mandrake]

--That silver thing up in the sky over Nagasaki...that was a B-25 (recon version). First recon mission over mainland Japan. I think the LYB's shot her down too, because there is one missing. Same unit gets to recon another Kyushu base today.

Nagasaki has 40 Fighters and 68 bombers [X(] I wonder how many are Bettys? Could get ugly over the landing beaches. I suppose some are restricted units or trainees.

[poodlebrain]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

--32nd ID and 1st Marine have nearly reached Batan Is, so the galloping horde will push off toward Miyako and try to rendezvous at sea instead of ******* around at Batan Is. It won't work, of course...something always goes wrong...usually somebody stops to watch bioluminescent squid or there is some problem with union work rules, something like that.

Pre-emptive blaming of the staff is in order. With all of the Christmas greetings being sent some will forget it is June of 1943 in the PTO.

[FOW]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Not sure why the Bihar State Road Transport Corporation would need an Ordnance Officer. [:)]

Royal Tank Corps?

It's nothing to do with transport - you subconsciously pre-empted Sprior's geneology post with the Mormon story -

BRT= Build a Relationship of Trust (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints missionary training).

There's some weird paranormal activity going on in here - or is this AAR just weird[&:]

[Cap Mandrake]

Can you imagine pedaling around Ranchi in a short-sleeve white shirt, clip on tie and wing tips trying to convert Hindus or Muslims to LDS?

So what about all these airpranes at Nagasaki? Would this be par for the course in mid 43 Japan (Scenario 2)?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
So what about all these airpranes at Nagasaki? Would this be par for the course in mid 43 Japan (Scenario 2)?

That should be just a small sampling of the stuff he has on the home islands. Then again, this game is being run so very strangely by the IJ, that who knows what he's doing with his troops and / or aircraft?

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
So what about all these airpranes at Nagasaki? Would this be par for the course in mid 43 Japan (Scenario 2)?

That should be just a small sampling of the stuff he has on the home islands. Then again, this game is being run so very strangely by the IJ, that who knows what he's doing with his troops and / or aircraft?

Just wait until IJ hits Seattle in a reverse Doolittle raid.[:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

************June 20, 1943(c)**************

Formosa and the Ryukyus: I'm surprised they let us get away with this again. Perhaps Japan-mens not see three DD's at Miyako. This is the same taffy hit by air yesterday.
Night battle in the rain and we can't stay forever. We catch them at anchor. It Anami Turkey Shoot Part Deux. Rook rike Japan-mens ahready ashore.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Amami Oshima at 98,64, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Kozan Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Magan Maru, Shell hits 6
PB Nishho Maru
AV Kamoi
AV Kamikawa Maru
AV Kiyokawa Maru, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Meisan Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Koki Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Ryuzan Maru
xAK Tosei Maru
xAK Tensyo Maru
xAK Heiei Maru
xAK Nitiryu Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAK Toei Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Yuri Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Shinrei Maru
xAK Fukoku Maru
xAKL Tientsin Maru
xAKL Shinshui Maru, on fire
xAKL Bunzan Maru
E Uruyame, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Grayson
DD Endicott
DD Conyngham



RNN and USN subs pick off two AK's running away.

[Cap Mandrake]

B-25 squadron commander at Batan Is trying to get some medals. This was completely unnecessary as Taihoku is shut down.

Morning Air attack on Taihoku , at 87,63

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged

Runway hits 2